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    Las Meninas Comparison

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    artists. “The Music Lesson” a painting by Vermeer and “Las Meninas”‚ a painting by Velazquez‚ compare significantly but also share contrasted traits. While both “Las Meninas” and “The Music Lesson” are defined by their use of mirroring‚ light and realism‚ the fundamental differences of both works are outlined by the artists use of subject matter‚ room decor or set up and the shift in foreground and background reflection; using indirect and direct perspective. Both paintings express great contrast and

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    was to Egyptians and that their paintings were very accurate to how they were living. Renaissance style art is classical and most known for their religious pieces. A characteristic Renaissance art had that Egyptian did not was mannerism. Mannerism in Renaissance art included unusual poses of figures and the body language. Compared to the Egyptian’s stiff style‚ Renaissance art contained much movement and was very soft to look at. Below is a mannerist painting. As you can see the poses seem strange

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    Paul Cezanne was credited with saying‚ “When I judge art‚ I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or a flower. If it clashes‚ it is not art.” I believe in was in Cezanne’s style to focus on natural things‚ trees‚ bodies‚ water. And it is apparent that other artists‚ throughout time have also focused on these things but have also channeled into Cezanne’s inspiration‚ dug deep down in order to muster their own images. Matisse’s Bonheir de Vivre and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles

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    sculpture‚ or pottery the viewer is taken to the artist’s world. This paper will discuss the description‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of a painting called Regatta at Saint-Adresse painted by the French painter Claude Monet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Monet designed this painting in 1867 and applied oil painting on canvas. The size of the painting is twenty-nine and five-eighths inches by forty inches. The setting of the artwork takes place on the Le-Havre beach where people watch the regatta

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    endangered environment. The figures are often depicted trying to restore order to a world that is falling apart around them. Heffernan is known for her lush‚ colorful‚ and mystical style artworks and many of her paintings display an assortment of styles. The artists paintings are reminiscent of paintings done by Heironymus Bosch‚ also of the Rococo‚ and Romantic

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    The Lady with an Ermine

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    Sforza‚ known as Ludovico Il Moro‚ Duke of Milan. She was the subject of Leonardo’s painting “The Lady With An Ermine”. While posing for this painting Cecilia invited Leonardo‚ who was working for Sforza as court artist‚ to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects. At the time this was happening‚ Cecilia was only 17. “The Lady With An Ermine” has been heavily painting but does not capture the viewer’s eye straight away. It consists of Cecilia Gallerani

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    during the 1800s. The dark‚ neutral tones and abundance of empty space in the painting evokes a coldness that is matched by the austere expression of the subject of the piece‚ Anna McNeill Whistler‚ indicating distance between mother and son. Additionally‚ very little attempt has been made to replicate depth or three-dimensionality‚ except in the woman’s face and‚ to some extent‚ the curtain on the left of the painting. For example‚ Whistler’s mother’s dress is little more than a black block of paint

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    activities Painting – Childhood Physical – When a child is painting‚ they are using their fine gross motor skills. This could help their physical skills get better. They also use hand-eye coordination when they are putting paint on the paintbrush or washing the paint off the paintbrush in water. Intellectual – When a child is painting‚ they have to use their mind and ideas on what they want to paint and how they want to paint it. For example‚ finger painting‚ vegetable painting or free painting with a

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    The Last Supper

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    “The Last Supper” is a fresco painting created by Leonardo da Vinci from 1495 to 1498. It is a portrayal of the reactions of his apostles when Christ said to them “One of you will betray me.” There have been other depictions of this moment in Christ’s life‚ but none so original as da Vinci’s. He uses compositional features in this work to create a new perspective and interpretation of the scene that‚ in my opinion‚ may just be the best one. Geometry was often used in art by the Ancient Greeks when

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    This paper is a formal analysis of the Basket of Apples‚ a still life oil painting made by Paul Cézanne in 1895. The painting is about 25.6 inches tall times 31.5 inches wide. This composition illustrates a geometric spatial organization on disjointed perspectives. Although the artwork is absent of any symbolic and mythological content‚ its essence is to illustrate harmony of its various elements over subject matters. The systematic representation of shapes and colors are highly characteristic and

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